What happens when street cred dies from 1000 cuts

[tvordlj]

Yes, i have my Christmas song! Apparently it was inspired after we watched O Brother Where Are Thou earlier this fall. He's had his good friend Malc contribute mandolin and banjo and backing vocals and the result had me in fits! IT's really really good, mind you, but i never thought i'd live to see the day when he'd write a country type song! And the band? Howlin Gram Coyote and Cactus Mal! Howlin Gram was the brewer upper and Cactus Mal was the random button presser. If you want to hear it, go to my web page and play the first tune on the little red flash juke a little way down the page. It's called Travellin' Wings






Travellin' Wings

I

I'm Howlin' Gram Coyote
And this here's Cactus Mal
We'll sing a song together
Cuz he's mah bestest pal
A song about mah darlin' all the way from Canaduh
An' this here song's especially for her

II

I'm headin' for the airport
To Arrivals at T3
Gonna meet mah darlin'
Cuz she's flyin' here to me
Soon as that gate opens we'll be standin' hand in hand
And I just can't wait for that plane to land

Chorus

That big old mean Atlantic
It just don't get in our way
We can fly across that ocean
Any time or any day
We'll always be together
Cinemas and Corrie Pings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings

III

We're gonna have a good time
Fun and frivolity
Trippin' down to London
And maybe watch TV
Already been to Paris and we'll head for Amsterdam
And who knows where next? It's an open plan

Chorus

That big old mean Atlantic
It just don't get in our way
We can fly across that ocean
Any time or any day
We'll always be together
Cinemas and Corrie Pings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings

IV

(spoken)
It'd be a different story
Going back three hundred years
I never would have met her
Back in those wild frontiers
I'd likely be arrested sneakin' in to Louisbourg
Those Frenches didn't like us much I've heard

Chorus

That big old mean Atlantic
It just don't get in our way
We can fly across that ocean
Any time or any day
We'll always be together
Cinemas and Corrie Pings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings

V

For us to be together
Ain't as hard as it may seem
Though we're separated
By an ocean in-between
We just shrug off the problem like those unimportant things
We smile then we put on our Travellin' Wings

Chorus

That big old mean Atlantic
It just don't get in our way
We can fly across that ocean
Any time or any day
We'll always be together
Cinemas and Corrie Pings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
And it's all thank ya
To those Travellin' Wings

Travellin' Wings
Travellin' Wings
I sure am grateful
To those Travellin' Wings

Comments

[acey.livejournal.com]

That was awesome! Nothing wrong at all with diversifying a bit. :)

I also loved the CD cover. All of it was very well done. Lucky you, and congrats for an excellent job to Graham and Mal. :)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

They did a fantastic job!!

[oceannadelamer.livejournal.com]

That is wild! I had a few tears - never thought that'd happen to a country song. Fabulous job!! What a smashing Christmas prezzie!!

[tvor.livejournal.com]

Innit great? I do like traditional country music but it's definitely not his genre, either. I had a few tears as well, mainly from laughter but that's because you gotta know these two guys :) And the bit right at the end where Graham is all cowboy and Malc cuts in with the North west england accent "ok lad put'ke'tle on" cracked me up!

[gramie-dee.livejournal.com]

My street cred is in recovery mode. I need to write a really nasty death metal tune ASAP!!!